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Arranged marriages of sorts

I was just laying in bed tho reading a story about a woman's Gestational Carrier (GC) journey, thinking about my realtor which made me think about my IPs. Weird right? Track w me. I was 29 when I started the process of buying my first home. My dad had just passed away and I knew it was time. When I got a recommendation for a realtor, I talked w him on the phone for a while and he said "Aubrey, (in a thick Oxford MS accent) you and I are going to become best friends for the next few months. I'm going to only look out for your best interests. So just lean into the process." I did. And we did. And we still meet up about once or twice a year now. And he's still someone I consider a father figure. Still family. And I thought about my IPs because we don't know each other. We don't have any history. But we're kind of in an arranged marriage of sorts and we're going to become best friends. For life. Lol. And I'm excited. There's some real true myst...

lots of hurry up and wait

You know, I'm so grateful to all of you who reach out to offer support. You may not realize how big of a decision this is for our family and for the other parties... and your kind words mean the world to me!!!  Of course, I am not ignorant to think that everyone will support this decision we've taken, but I'm grateful for the people who understand that this decision is different for everyone and not taken lightly. This is just one of the many options we have in this world. And to each, his own. I'm grateful also tho those who may not agree fully with this decision and you support by not voicing your discontent. This also means a lot to me. :) So... we are in a wait cycle for a while. and this is OK. We have an admin delay that will keep us from starting the fertility process till later this year so we have to get things done in the mean time. For example, we work on our contracts and we take advantage of this time to really get to know our IPs (intended parents). ...

Houston, we have a couple...

Hi Friends!!! i'm so happy to tell you all that we have FINALLY been paired (matched) with a couple for us to cook them a human. :) Chris and I are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo super happy. From what we know, they are SO LOVELY... We have already had such a huge journey thus far, and we are just happy to be paired with them. FINALLY!!!! Let me just give you a bit of insight... we have had a long road already... I wanted to start this journey after I had Mady. 2013. The whole time I was pregnant with her I considered, what would it be like if I was doing this for someone else? After I had Mady, I started looking into 'how do I become a GC? (Gestational Carrier). I eventually reached out to TSE (The Surrogacy Experience -  thesurrogacyexperience.com). It took a while to get started. - just pointing out the elephant in this blog - my husband and I had to deal with some stuff for a year or so before I could get started. And I'm able to give ALL CREDIT to God, we worked t...